Based on both the feedback I did the following - 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $location ="/newlocation";
my $file_name ='ipconn.conf';
$/ = undef;
open (FILE, "< $file_name") or die $!;
my $file = <FILE>;
close FILE;
my $value;
# check for the block we want
if ($file =~ m/\<Location\ $location.+?\<\/Location\>/s){
    my $block = $&;
    if($block =~ s/MaxConnPerIP\s*(.+?)*/MaxConnPerIP 10/g) {
        print $block;

    }
}

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Now the issue I have is $block has the updated text and $file has the entire file. How do I merge those , by merge meaning either remove the matching block and add this new one. Or change my value into the original variable which has the file. Which is part of the reason I was leaning on using tie::file, updating the file was so much more easier. Let me know what you guys think. Thank you for your help.

In reply to Re^4: Search replace with a block by santoshrao99
in thread Search replace with a block by santoshrao99

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